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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Total costs actually incurred and recorded in accomplishing work performed during a given time period for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. actual cost can sometimes be direct labor hours alone - direct costs alone - or all c






2. A collection of formal documented procedures that define how project deliverables and documentation will be controlled - changed and approved. in most application areas - the change control system is a subset of the configuration management system






3. Significant point or event in the project






4. Describes when and how human resource requirements will be met






5. Document that describes how procurement processes from developing procurement documentation through contract closure will be managed






6. A diagram that describes a decision under consideration and the implications of choosing one or another of the available alternatives. it is used when some future scenarios or outcomes of actions are uncertain. it incorporates probabilities and costs






7. Subdivision of a phase






8. Summary level schedule that identifies the major schedule milestone






9. Assumptions are factors that - for planning purposes - are considered to be true - real - or certain without proof or demonstration






10. A histogram - ordered by frequency of occurrence - that shows how many results were generated by each identified cause






11. Deliverable that is subject to approval by the project sponsor or customer






12. Compares technical accomplishments during project execution to the project management plan's schedule of planned technical achievements.






13. A source of variation that is inherent in the system and predictable. on a control chart - it appears as part of the random process variation and is indicated by random pattern of points within the control limits. also referred to as random cause






14. Type of procurement document whereby the buyer requests a potential seller to provide various pieces of information related to a product or service or seller capability






15. Hybrid contractual arrangement containing aspects of both cost reimbursable and fixed price contracts. time and material contract have no definitive end - can grow. units are preset by the buyer and seller.






16. The merging or joining of parallel schedule network paths into the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by a schedule activity with more than one predecessor activity






17. Subsystem of overall project management system. collection of formal documented procedures that defines how project work will be authorized to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time and in the proper sequence.






18. Fixed price contract where the buyer pays the seller a set amount regardless of the sellers costs






19. Deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure






20. Fixed date imposed on a schedule activity or schedule milestone. usually - start no earlier than - finish no later than






21. Processes concerned with conducting risk management planning - identification - analysis - responses and monitoring and control on a project






22. Group of persons with a shared objective who fulfill their roles with little or no time spent meeting fact to face.






23. Hierarchically organized depiction of the identified project risks arranged by risk category and subcategory that identifies the various areas and causes of potential risks.






24. Document that describes how the project scope will be defined - developed and verified and how the work breakdown structure will be created and defined and that provides guidance on how the project scope will be managed and controlled by the project






25. Collect project performance data with respect to a plan - produce performance measures and report and disseminate performance information






26. Float (total float - free float)






27. Those criteria - including performance requirements and essential conditions which must be met before project deliverables are accepted






28. Application of knowledge - skills - tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements






29. A category of projects that have common components significant in such projects - but are not needed or present in all projects. application areas are usually defined in terms of either the product or the type of customer or industry sector






30. Directing - managing - performing and accomplishing the project work - providing the deliverables and providing work performance information






31. Any item - internal or external - that is required by a process before that process proceeds






32. Smaller portion of the overall project created when a project is subdivided by their logical relationship






33. Action taken to bring a defective or nonconforming component into compliance with requirements or specifications






34. An organizational placement strategy where the project team members are physically located close to one another in order to improve communication - working relationships and productivity






35. Information gathering technique examines the project from the perspective of each projects strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - and threats to increase the breadth of the risks considered by risk management






36. Processes and activities needed to identify - define - combine - unify and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within the project management process groups






37. Schedule network diagramming technique in which schedule activities are represented by boxes or nodes. schedule activities are graphically linked by one or more logical relationships to show the sequence in which the activities are performed






38. The latest possible point in time that a schedule activity may begin based upon the schedule network logic - the project completion date and any constraints assigned to schedule activities without violating schedule constraint or delaying project com






39. Collection of projects or programs and other work that are grouped together to facilitate effective management of that work to meet strategic business objectives






40. Specific type of management activity that contributes to the execution of a process and that may employ one or more techniques and tools






41. A request - demand or assertion of rights by a seller against a buyer or vice versa for consideration - compensation - or payment under the terms of a legally binding contract (such as for a disputed change)






42. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity at that summary level. same as summary activity.






43. Logical relationship where completion of the successor schedule activity is dependent upon the initiation of the predecessor schedule activity






44. The smallest unit of time used in scheduling a project. calendar units are generally in hours - days - or weeks - but can also be in quarters years - months - shifts - or even minutes






45. Document containing the results of the qualitative risk analysis - quantitative risk analysis and risk response planning. details all identified risks including description - category - cause - probability of occurring - impact on objectives - propos






46. A quantitative assessment of the likely amount or outcome. usually applied to project costs - resources - effort and durations.






47. A technique that explores the accuracy of assumptions and identifies risks to the project from inaccuracy - inconsistency - or incompleteness of assumptions






48. A product - result or service generated by a process






49. Document that specifies in a complete precise verifiable manner the requirements - design behavior or other characteristics of a system component - product - result or service






50. The aggregate of things used by an organization in any undertaking such as equipment - apparatus - tools - machinery - gear - material.